Chapter 39: Enough is enough
The melodious music playing in the background made me pause. I looked around in one head turn and paused. Whether I believe it or not, I made it to the club!
“Let’s go inside,” Luciano said distracting me from my small glimpse.
As we stepped inside, the cooing breeze of the club blew strands of my hair behind.
The inside was well decorated with a wooden sculpture and the tiles made the strobe light reflect.
“This is beautiful!” I said with my voice a little louder.
I was trying to talk audibly because of the noise from the background.
“Hey pretty!” A lady said and walked past me.
Her dress was revealing, sexy and oh my god.
I turned behind me to look at her again but Luciano called me.
“Tiff listen to me!” He said.
“What?” I asked. “I think I’m enjoying this place.”
“Of course you are. Now listen, don’t go far. I don’t want to spend my night searching for you and I don’t want you to drink at all or from anyone.”
“But-”
“That’s the condition.”
“Right,” I blurted. Luciano told me the only way we could stay was if I maintained composure.
Unfortunately, composure included not drinking and going far.
“Agreed?”
“I said yes,” I told him. “Now I’ve gotta go.” As I turned my eyes caught Gladys dancing in the dancing floor. “Oh my God!!” I yelled and raised my hands to the air.
I walked to the floor and hugged Gladys while she was dancing and shaking her hair.
I felt the excitement in my body and for a moment, I couldn’t believe it.
It was so much happiness in one night and I haven’t felt this way in a long while.
I felt the urge to turn and look at Luciano’s face. Something told me he was smiling at the way I was happy.
I fought against it. I didn’t want to be wrong and jam eyes with an annoyed Luciano.
“This is great!” Gladys yelled and I gave a nod.
“Common, dance Tiff. It’s so exciting to be here.”
I gave another nod but I really couldn’t bring myself to dance like her.
She was so excited and you could see it from her face and the way she moved her body.
“I know what can help!” Gladys said with a smirk.
She turned behind her to the barman and waved to him. “Hey there! I’ll like distilled whiskey and a shot of tequila. My friend here needs some ginger.”
“No I don’t,” I said in a whisper. “I don’t want to drink, Gladys.”
“Or he asked you not to? Common, you can stop being Luciano’s pet already.”
Yeah! I am not his pet but I will let this slide.
I swallowed back and shook my head. “This is not about him.”
Although it was, I couldn’t bring myself to admit it. I feared that Luciano would find out if I drank.
“Then prove it,” Gladys blurted and dropped the shot on the slab.
I didn’t respond to her.
“Of course you can’t. You’re just a senseless chicken.”
It hit me hard when she said that and I suddenly didn’t care about what Luciano would say or think.
“Or a sexy chicken,” I added and raised the shot to my mouth. I gulped it and opened my mouth slightly.
“Perfect girl!!!”
“Another shot,” I ordered. “Mixed Vodka.”
When I got the order, I raised the shot up and smiled. “Cheers to being a sexy chicken.”
“Cheers,” Gladys responded and I took it all in a gulp.
“Common, let’s go and dance!!”
I followed her and soon we were dancing and shaking out waists in the middle of the room.
I didn’t care who was watching me what anyone thought about my dancing.
All I knew was that I loved it and the feeling that came with it.
Gladys kept dancing till she got distracted by a random guy and decided to dance with him.
Although my dancing partner was gone, I didn’t stop. I needed all that fire and energy in me to keep burning.
I was feeling a little tipsy but I knew I could handle it or so I thought. I kept dancing and moving in accordance to the rhythm.
“Hey pretty, you’ve got the steps,” a man shouted from behind me.
“We should dance together,” he said.
“No sorry, I’m with someone.”
I said that because it was the easiest way to get rid of men you’re not interested in.
“Well I don’t fucking care, I want to dance with you and that’s final.”
What the fvck was that?
A lump formed in my throat when I saw the likelihood of him being violent. I stepped back but he closed the space between us and held by arms.
“Get the fuck away from her!” A voice yelled and pushed his hands away from me.
Luciano pushed him to the wall without caring if he fell on drinks or not.
Grunts escaped from the man’s mouth and for a moment I feared that the situation may escalate and turn into something else.
“Oh shit,” I said in an undertone. “Luciano stop.”
He didn’t respond to me and I just stood there.
I didn’t want to watch Luciano get violent because of me so I moved away from the scenario.
“Watch,” someone said as I bumped into him.
“Oh shit, I’m sorry,” I managed to say. When I raise my head, I was surprised to see who it was.
It was Massimo.
“Are you stalking me?” I asked in a reflex action.
It was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw him.
“For a long time,” Massimo responded with a grin.
He looked so attractive and I couldn’t stop smiling. Although something made me felt like he was really stalking me because of that look on his face but I let it slide.
“I see.” I said with a small smile.
His brows connected and for a minute I felt he was offended. His gaze seemed similar to Luciano’s whenever he wanted to make someone do something by force.
“What do you see?” He asked.
“You admitting to a creepy truth.” I rolled my eyes with a dramatic smile.
“Creepy?” He asked raising his brow as he took few steps closer towards me.
“Yeah, creepy. Stalking a person is creepy.”
“Oh,” he smiled. “I’m surprised you don’t know who I am yet.”
I didn’t respond at first till he turned and handed a glass to me.
“Drink?”
I smirked at him. “Try harder, I know you want me wasted.”
“So?- do you have a problem with that or will your brother be mad at you?”
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